Creep At the Edge of Seventeen

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This poem was also inspired by a movie I recently saw called The Edge of Seventeen. Seeing the movie, i was able to think better of how to write about the feelings of someone who sees herself as a creep. 

http://www.salon.com/2016/11/27/the-teen-cult-classic-you-have-been-waiting-for-catch-the-edge-of-seventeen-in-theaters-while-you-still-can/

The teen cult classic you’ve been waiting for: Catch “The Edge of Seventeen” in theaters while you still canhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPO5J8Ap578

She has no friends; the one friend that she had
she threw away for a silly reason.
Her father died, and she became so sad;
she has been four years now in grief’s season!

She denigrates her peers because she thinks
they lack her wisdom and maturity
and thinks that everything about life stinks,
thus oozing angst and insecurity!

She speaks her mind but doesn’t know how mean
she sounds to others or that all her strife
is felt by other teens at seventeen.
She’s soon to face a big change in her life.

Because her loved ones care, she’ll learn to grow.
The creep in her shall soon be letting go!

11/28/2016

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 12/9/2016 2:48:00 AM
A good version of Creep loved it x
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Date: 12/7/2016 10:49:00 AM
A self indulgence when you're feeling blue. Can turn you into a lonely misunderstood shrew. There's no limit on the age when you just can't seem to turn the page. You get filled with rage when what you truly want is to be a wise old sage. Good luck to you, good luck to me. Good luck to all that they may see their way to what they want to be. :)
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Date: 12/2/2016 3:36:00 PM
Loved this Andrea. It is so difficult growing up. Many congats on your win. Lainey
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Date: 12/1/2016 7:11:00 PM
Since did not see movie . Time is tough for young people and the way everything is nowadays don't think I would want to be young. love phyl
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Date: 12/1/2016 4:11:00 PM
So nice, Andrea, and I hope so. Yet ugh - my heart breaks for a lot of young people today, and I'd say girls have it harder than boys. So much pressure to be impossible-looking, and seems like everybody is always 'looking,' anyway - there is no rest from social media. I know most of adjust to our current world, but wow - I would not want to have to do those young years again.
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Date: 12/1/2016 8:47:00 AM
Hi Andrea, Congratulations on your 3rd place win in the"Creep" contest. It was well deserved:-) Alexis
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Date: 11/30/2016 9:48:00 PM
That last couplet is so true, felt by most of the young people:) congratulations, Andrea:)
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Date: 11/30/2016 5:28:00 AM
I sometimes wonder, do most of us go through this stage? I mean, I skipped it, but so many people I know did!
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Date: 11/29/2016 4:03:00 PM
You have such deep understanding of a troubled youth, poetically poignant.
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Date: 11/29/2016 11:17:00 AM
Sounds like a description of that writer on the internet we discussed recently. I'm not familiar with the song, not going to attempt a write. I think you nailed the emotion associated with such behavior perfectly and the poem itself is absolutely great in rhyme and content. Psychology, poetically delivered has to be what SO is looking for and you deliver tenfold ... CayCay
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Date: 11/27/2016 10:33:00 PM
Very good, Andrea, it is amazing when one is hurt they strike back and they don't know they are doing it... Hugs
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Date: 11/27/2016 8:41:00 PM
Don't we all feel like creeps sometimes? I saw a good movie, too recently - The Eagle Enchantress - It was about the first Mongolian female Eagle trainer. Do you remember the Janis Ian song - "At Seventeeen" Peace & Love Matthew Anish
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